Friday, October 02, 2009

El Pad's Weekly Betting Guide

Record: 7-9Situation: -$400Last week: 2-4CollegeAlabamer -16.5 over KentuckyBama is the real #1 team in the country. And on a collision course to prove it come SEC title game vs Florida. Anyone in their way is going to get suffocated. That's just the way it is.By the way, Bama is 7-1 ATS in the last 8, the one being the bowl game in which Utah beat them pretty bad. A motivational tool Nick Saban has been using ever since.($200)

Penn State -7 over ILLINIAfter the Iowa loss last year the Nitanny Lions pummeled Indiana. Replace Indiana with Illini. -7 is a bargain. Illini are awful. ($100)

NFL

Titans -2.5 over JAGSI know I said I'd stay away from the Titans but I just can't quit Fisher. ($200)

FINS +2 over BillsAnd I have no idea why. Every stat says go the other way but I just feel like with the loss of McKelvin and Whitner the secondary is weak and Miami can run on anyone. Sparano's team is starving for the first win of the season and just a year ago swept the series from the Bills with pretty much the same team. ($100)

Chargers +6.5 over STEELERSSuper Bowl Hangover huh, talk about the Cards look at the 1-2 Steelers. Steelers can't protect Big Ben and they can't run the ball either. The defense is not what it was last year, at least right now. Chargers have never won in Three Rivers or Heinz, 0-13 to be exact. But that's not to say it's never been close. Sunday night football got themselves a damn good game right here. I also like the over (43). ($200 on the Bolts, $100 on the over)

Bengals -6 0ver BROWNSI don't know. Betting against the Browns just feels right. Sort of like going to the movies back in the day with your girl. You knew as soon as the movie was 10 minutes in you were going up her shirt and feeling her up. Just felt right. ($250)

And regarding the LOVad conversation about how we refer to LOV to our friends - well I cmbeth doesn't know about LOV for reasons I've discussed before, but I do have a few (female) friends I'll mention LOV to and it's always as "that blog I read with all the horny immature guys".

Though the incident at Boise State happened before the start of classes, there probably are few members of our University community who are unaware of the images and media reports of my regrettable actions following the Oregon-Boise State football game. There is no justification for my behavior — not the “heat of the moment,” not the “agony of defeat,” and definitely not anything said or done by an opponent.

Being a student-athlete at the University of Oregon should be about being a good student working to positively represent the University and its football program under coach Chip Kelly, and handling both victories and defeats with sportsmanship, class, and character. That night, I used poor judgment and lost self-control. My actions reflected poorly upon my teammates, our football program, and our University. And for this, I offer my sincerest apologies and heartfelt regrets.

On a personal note, I probably will never be able to erase the memories of the post-game events of that day. Given this, I do not expect to be given a second chance to be a positive and responsible member of the football program and of this community. Going forward, what I hope for is the opportunity to show that I am able to earn a second chance as a University student. And if I am so fortunate, I believe that I also will demonstrate that I am a better man and a better human being for having lived through this unfortunate experience.

"If Kanye West doesn't regret hijacking Taylor Swift, he will now -- we're told his concert tour with Lady Gaga was scrapped because ticket sales sucked. And "sucked" happens to be a nicer version of the word we were told. And not only that -- our insiders say another factor in the cancellation was West and Gaga's people were at each others throats like their last names were Gosselin.When it came down do it, we're told Gaga decided she'd be better off playing smaller venues ... and far from the headache caused by Kanye's ever present drama"